Hi Cindy:
I posted the RITA winners on the list.
Thanks for that list, Grace. I've copied it. I'd like the whole list, please. I'm gathering from the authors' names I recognize that they're not necessarily historical romance novels, just romance in general. I've seen some in my bookstore but I've never read any of them. I do have Jo Beverly on my list of authors to read; I'll try someof the others.
I had at home The King's Mistress, by Terri Brisbin, with an eye to fixing it at some point, but I started to look through the book and it didn't seem to be very well-written, compared to authors like Bertrice Small and Philippa Gregory, so I re-donated it to the bookstore.
Am I safe in assuming that the Rita Award winners write well? I was disappointed in the Victoria Holt book I validated, but I enjoyed the Susan Elizabeth Phillips and the Barbara Delinsky books I did. Looking at the synopses of the Tess Gerritsen books in the collection, they seem to be mysteries. I gather from her name on the list that t least The Surgeon is romance as well?
I'd like the opinions of readers of some of the authors on Grace's list, whenever you have the time and inclination. You can write to me off list. I've aleady determined, from what people have said, to read Jo Beverly books, and hope I won't be disappointed.
Thanks in advance.
Cindy
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http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/category.asp?id=27&sort=3Hi all:
Sorry for the cross post.
Some time ago there was a big discussion on the list about book awards. Several lists of winners were generated in hopes that someday bookshare would have all these books. I noticed that on Jake's site there is a category called awards. But those awards I checked there were no records. I wonder if any one still has those lists?
The reason for my post is that someone asked about the Golden Medallion award for Romance which is now called the Rita Award. I have found a complete list of the winners since 1982. It's a fairly long list. I can post it here if anyone is interested, or I can send it privately. Currently bookshare has 21 titles that have won this award. Here's the link with the list of the titles.
Happy reading.
***** Grace
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